Significant classical music anniversaries in 2025
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This page lists significant anniversaries for the year 2025, taken from Classical Music Daily's database of approximately 6000 entries, with contemporary (living) musicians shown first. Use the links above and below to future years to find out whose major anniversaries could be celebrated in the future, or to plan concerts, festivals and other events.
Gabriele Ferro (born 1935) (90th birthday in 2025)
Arvo Pärt (born 1935) (90th birthday in 2025)
Aulis Sallinen (born 1935) (90th birthday in 2025)
Fiorenza Cossotto (born 1935) (90th birthday in 2025)
Terry Riley (born 1935) (90th birthday in 2025)
Itzhak Perlman (born 1945) (80th birthday in 2025)
Alan Opie (born 1945) (80th birthday in 2025)
Victoria Bond (born 1945) (80th birthday in 2025)
Judith Lang Zaimont (born 1945) (80th birthday in 2025)
Ian Venables (born 1955) (70th birthday in 2025)
Nikolai Demidenko (born 1955) (70th birthday in 2025)
Simon Rattle (born 1955) (70th birthday in 2025)
Christine Brewer (born 1955) (70th birthday in 2025)
Bob Chilcott (born 1955) (70th birthday in 2025)
Ludovico Einaudi (born 1955) (70th birthday in 2025)
Toshio Hosokawa (born 1955) (70th birthday in 2025)
Lukas Ligeti (born 1965) (60th birthday in 2025)
Igor Krivokapic (born 1965) (60th birthday in 2025)
Lilya Zilberstein (born 1965) (60th birthday in 2025)
Murray McLachlan (born 1965) (60th birthday in 2025)
Markus Stenz (born 1965) (60th birthday in 2025)
Tasmin Little (born 1965) (60th birthday in 2025)
Bryn Terfel (born 1965) (60th birthday in 2025)
Luca Salsi (born 1975) (50th birthday in 2025)
Yasmin Levy (born 1975) (50th birthday in 2025)
Malin Broman (born 1975) (50th birthday in 2025)
Yannick Nézet-Séguin (born 1975) (50th birthday in 2025)
Samuel Adams (born 1985) (40th birthday in 2025)
John Blitheman (1525-1591) (500 years since birth in 2025)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594) (500 years since birth in 2025)
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) (400 years since death in 2025)
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) (300 years since death in 2025)
Francesco Barsanti (died 1775) (250 years since death in 2025)
William Crotch (1775-1847) (250 years since birth in 2025)
Eduard Hanslick (1825-1904) (200 years since birth in 2025)
Peter von Winter (1754-1825) (200 years since death in 2025)
Johann Strauss the Younger (1825-1899) (200 years since birth in 2025)
Jan Václav Voříšek (1791-1825) (200 years since death in 2025)
Antonio Salieri (1750-1825) (200 years since death in 2025)
Donald Francis Tovey (1875-1940) (150 years since birth in 2025)
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) (150 years since birth in 2025)
William Sterndale Bennett (1816-1875) (150 years since death in 2025)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) (150 years since birth in 2025)
Pierre Monteux (1875-1964) (150 years since birth in 2025)
Georges Bizet (1838-1875) (150 years since death in 2025)
Jenő Huszka (1875-1960) (150 years since birth in 2025)
Cyril Rootham (1875-1938) (150 years since birth in 2025)
Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) (150 years since birth and 60 years since death in 2025)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) (150 years since birth in 2025)
Henriette Renié (1875-1956) (150 years since birth in 2025)
Bryan Drake (1925-2001) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Yasushi Akutagawa (1925-1989) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Bullumba Landestoy (1925-2018) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Sverre Valen (1925-2023) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Pierre Boulez (1925-2016) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Jeanne E Shaffer (1925-2007) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Patrice Munsel (1925-2016) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Jaap Schröder (1925-2020) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Wilma Lipp (1925-2019) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Sybil Michelow (1925-2013) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Ofelya Hambardzumyan (1925-2016) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Alice Parker (1925-2023) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Irene Dalis (1925-2014) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925) (100 years since death in 2025)
Salah El Mahdi (1925-2014) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Luciano Berio (1925-2003) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Cathy Berberian (1925-1983) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925-2012) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Anthony Milner (1925-2002) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Erik Satie (1866-1925) (100 years since death in 2025)
Charles Chaynes (1925-2016) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Virginia Zeani (1925-2023) (100 years since birth in 2025)
George Colerick (1925-2020) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Nikolai Kaufmann (1925-2018) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Marilyn Mason (1925-2019) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Louis Quilico (1925-2000) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt (1925-2010) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Wang Kun (1925-2014) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Robert Weisz (1925-2013) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Dmytro Hnatyuk (1925-2016) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Lucine Amara (1925-2024) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Kjerstin Dellert (1925-2018) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Claude Frank (1925-2014) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Johnny Mandel (1925-2020) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Caesar Giovannini (1925-2017) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Kenneth Alwyn (1925-2020) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Nicolai Gedda (1925-2017) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Terezija Broka (1925-2018) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Soňa Červená (1925-2023) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Monica Sinclair (1925-2002) (100 years since birth in 2025)
André Caplet (1878-1925) (100 years since death in 2025)
Oralia Domínguez (1925-2013) (100 years since birth in 2025)
Vladimír Válek (1935-2025) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Dominic Cossa (1935-2024) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Raven Wilkinson (1935-2018) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Conrad Susa (1935-2013) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Jack Behrens (1935-2024) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Peter Schreier (1935-2019) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Bent Lorentzen (1935-2018) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Antonio Membrado (1935-2016) (90 years since birth in 2025)
David DiChiera (1935-2018) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Geoff Harvey (1935-2019) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Sergei Cortez (1935-2016) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Derek Bell (1935-2002) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Harris Goldsmith (1935-2014) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Richard Kanter (1935-2014) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Josep Soler i Sardà (1935-2022) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Theodore Antoniou (1935-2018) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Imrat Khan (1935-2018) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Natalia Shakhovskaya (1935-2017) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Elgar Howarth (1935-2025) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Georg Katzer (1935-2019) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Sándor Balassa (1935-2021) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Mirella Freni (1935-2020) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Khayyam Mirzazade (1935-2018) (90 years since birth in 2025)
John Ardoin (1935-2001) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Nicolae Brânduş (1935-2023) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Seiji Yokoyama (1935-2017) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Manfred Weiss (1935-2023) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Seiji Ozawa (1935-2024) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Gerd Albrecht (1935-2014) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Howard Quilling (1935-2016) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Victor Braun (1935-2001) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Giya Kancheli (1935-2019) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Alejandro Planchart (1935-2019) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Pompeiu Hărăşteanu (1935-2016) (90 years since birth in 2025)
Graciela Agudelo (1945-2018) (80 years since birth in 2025)
Jessye Norman (1945-2019) (80 years since birth in 2025)
Martin Wesley-Smith (1945-2019) (80 years since birth in 2025)
Richard Taruskin (1945-2022) (80 years since birth in 2025)
Jacqueline du Pré (1945-1987) (80 years since birth in 2025)
Ivan Karabits (1945-2002) (80 years since birth in 2025)
Joel Revzen (1945-2000) (80 years since birth in 2025)
Radu Lupu (1945-2022) (80 years since birth in 2025)
Allan Zavod (1945-2016) (80 years since birth in 2025)
Mobil Babayev (1945-2023) (80 years since birth in 2025)
Clarence Barlow (1945-2023) (80 years since birth in 2025)
Grigori Zhislin (1945-2017) (80 years since birth in 2025)
Terje Bjørklund (1945-2024) (80 years since birth in 2025)
Gillian Bibby (1945-2023) (80 years since birth in 2025)
Gabriele Sima (1955-2016) (70 years since birth in 2025)
Aram Gharabekian (1955-2014) (70 years since birth in 2025)
Roland Dyens (1955-2016) (70 years since birth in 2025)
Johan Botha (1965-2016) (60 years since birth in 2025)
Alberto Hemsi (1898-1975) (50 years since death in 2025)
Lionel Tertis (1876-1975) (50 years since death in 2025)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) (50 years since death in 2025)
Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975) (50 years since death in 2025)
Vittorio Gui (1885-1975) (140 years since birth and 50 years since death in 2025)
Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975) (50 years since death in 2025)
Neville Cardus (1889-1975) (50 years since death in 2025)
Leroy Anderson (1908-1975) (50 years since death in 2025)
Maxim Paster (1975-2023) (50 years since birth in 2025)
Arthur Bliss (1891-1975) (50 years since death in 2025)
Fred May (1911-1985) (40 years since death in 2025)
Hans Keller (1919-1985) (40 years since death in 2025)
Czesław Marek (1891-1985) (40 years since death in 2025)
Vladimir Shklyarov (1985-2024) (40 years since birth in 2025)
Paul Creston (1906-1985) (40 years since death in 2025)
William Alwyn (1905-1985) (120 years since birth and 40 years since death in 2025)
Alan Bush (1900-1995) (30 years since death in 2025)
Alexander Gibson (1926-1995) (30 years since death in 2025)
Shura Cherkassky (1909-1995) (30 years since death in 2025)
Julius Burger (1897-1995) (30 years since death in 2025)
Ramón Tapales (1906-1995) (30 years since death in 2025)
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920-1995) (30 years since death in 2025)
David Diamond (1915-2005) (110 years since birth and 20 years since death in 2025)
Sergiu Comissiona (1928-2005) (20 years since death in 2025)
Trevor Duncan (1924-2005) (20 years since death in 2025)
Constance Keene (1921-2005) (20 years since death in 2025)
Alexander Brott (1915-2005) (110 years since birth and 20 years since death in 2025)
Gordon L Shaw (died 2005) (20 years since death in 2025)
Robin Bryans (1928-2005) (20 years since death in 2025)
Alfred Reed (1921-2005) (20 years since death in 2025)
Victoria de los Ángeles (1923-2005) (20 years since death in 2025)
Carla Wood (1955-2005) (70 years since birth and 20 years since death in 2025)
Carlo Maria Giulini (1914-2005) (20 years since death in 2025)
Christopher Bunting (1924-2005) (20 years since death in 2025)
Marcello Viotti (1954-2005) (20 years since death in 2025)
Jerome Hynes (1959-2005) (20 years since death in 2025)
Lazar Berman (1930-2005) (20 years since death in 2025)
Vakhtang Jordania (1943-2005) (20 years since death in 2025)
George Rochberg (1916-2005) (20 years since death in 2025)
Nikolaus Lahusen (died 2005) (20 years since death in 2025)
Moura Lympany (1916-2005) (20 years since death in 2025)
Robert Farnon (1917-2005) (20 years since death in 2025)
Sixten Ehrling (1918-2005) (20 years since death in 2025)
Alan Curtis (1934-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Ivan Moravec (1930-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Marvin David Levy (1932-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Edward Greenfield (1928-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Steven Gerber (1948-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Dan Iordăchescu (1930-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Stella Doufexis (1968-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Helen Kemp (1918-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Manuel Oltra (1922-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Michael Rayner (1932-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
George Cleve (1936-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
John Scott (1956-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Vardo Rumessen (1942-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Lawrence Gushee (1931-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Ronald Senator (1926-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Julia Ionides (1942-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Bob Gilmore (1961-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Natalia Strelle (1976-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Bill Newman (1932-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Roger Smalley (1943-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Joseph Alfidi (1949-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Howard Smith (1939-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Rodney Milnes (1936-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Andrew Porter (1928-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Jon Vickers (1926-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Armin Kircher (1966-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
David Stock (1939-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Vera Gornostayeva (1929-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Waldemar Kmentt (1929-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Roy Douglas (1907-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Cor Edskes (1925-2015) (100 years since birth and 10 years since death in 2025)
Gerd Natschinski (1928-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Frank Glazer (1915-2015) (110 years since birth and 10 years since death in 2025)
Paul Walter Myers (1932-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Joseph de Pasquale (1919-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Robert Craft (1923-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Kurt Masur (1927-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Maria Radner (1981-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Ernest Tomlinson (1924-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Jean Deplace (died 2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Rolf Smedvig (1953-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Christopher Tambling (1964-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Nico Castel (1931-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Aafje Heynis (1924-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Luc Brewaeys (died 2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Mario Sereni (1928-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Duncan Druce (1939-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Norman Scribner (1936-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Peter Katin (1930-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Paul Freeman (1936-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Miriam Brickman (1933-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Ton Hartsuiker (1933-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Oleg Bryzhak (1960-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Sasa Britvic (1965-2015) (60 years since birth and 10 years since death in 2025)
Peter Cropper (1945-2015) (80 years since birth and 10 years since death in 2025)
Aldo Ciccolini (1925-2015) (100 years since birth and 10 years since death in 2025)
Jaime León (1921-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Mervyn Burtch (1929-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Claudio Prieto (1934-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Ward Swingle (1927-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
John Eaton (1935-2015) (90 years since birth and 10 years since death in 2025)
Gunther Schuller (1925-2015) (100 years since birth and 10 years since death in 2025)
Andrzej Koszewski (1922-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Désiré Dondeyne (1921-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Jean Ritchie (1922-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Ronald Stevenson (1928-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Ma Shui-long (1939-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Denis Vigay (1926-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Serge Collot (1923-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
John McCabe (1939-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Wolfgang Gönnenwein (1933-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Israel Yinon (1956-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Walter Weller (1939-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
James Last (1929-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Tyzen Hsiao (1938-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Patricia Kern (1927-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Tod Dockstader (1932-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Robert Anderson (1927-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
David L Kaplan (1923-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Alexander Kok (1926-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Ezra Laderman (1924-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Václav Snítil (1928-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Elena Obraztsova (1939-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Margaret Juntwait (1957-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Anatoly Kremer (1933-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
Jacques Israelievitch (1948-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
James Horner (1953-2015) (10 years since death in 2025)
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